FOI Ref: FOI-2023-1043

You asked

I am looking for the inflow of migrants by nationality/country of birth grouped by age (0-65 years old). Is this information you are able to provide? The data does not need to be broken down further than 0-65 years old.

We said

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request about the inflow of migrants by nationality/country of birth. 

The closest we can provide would be for the years 2000 to 2019 from International Passenger Survey (IPS) data: 

For nationality we have published International Passenger Survey 4.07, sex by age by citizenship (Discontinued after 2019)  

For country of birth we have published International Passenger Survey 4.08, sex by age by country of birth (Discontinued after 2019) 

Both these tables provide age-groupings which don't align exactly to 0-65. We may be able to provide bespoke 0-65 age grouping from IPS data of migration by age by country of birth and nationality for the years 2000 to 2019. Such services are subject to legal frameworks, resources and agreement of costs. If you would like to request this bespoke dataset, please contact pop.info@ons.gov.uk to discuss your enquiry further. Please note, there may be a charge for this work which would be subject to our charging policy. As this information is reasonably accessible via another route, even if only accessible on payment, Section 21(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) applies. 

We are unable to provide a breakdown by age for later years due to changes in methodology and the suspension of the IPS during the Covid-19 pandemic. Neither can we provide a breakdown by nationality or country of birth other than British, EU and non-EU.